Tim Bredbury
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Tim Bredbury is a former British football player based Hong Kong.
[edit] Early life
Tim was born in Hong Kong to British parents. He went to King George V School, a secondary school in Hong Kong.
[edit] Playing career
Tim began his professional football career with Liverpool F.C. in 1979. Despite staying at Liverpool F.C. for 3 years, Tim made only one appearance for the club. Tim was then approached by a Hong Kong professional team, Ryoden FC, in 1982 to play football in Hong Kong. With few prospects of forging a career in English football, Tim decided to take the offer and try to make a career in Asia.
Between 1982 and 1999 Tim has held professional football contracts with football Clubs based in Hong Kong (Ryoden FC, Seiko FC, Rangers FC, South China FC, Lai Sun FC, Frankwell FC, Sing Tao FC & Instant-Dict FC), Australia (Sydney Olympic FC) and Malaysia (Selangor FA & Sabah FA).
Tim has won 1 Second Division title, 1 Junior Viceroy Cup title, 7 Hong Kong League titles, 5 Viceroy Cup titles, 4 Senior Shield titles, 4 FA Cup titles, 2 Seven a Side titles. Tim has also been Hong Kong's top goal scorer on 3 separate occasions.
At Club level, Tim brings a wealth of playing experience having played against top club sides from around the world, these include Corinthians (Brazil), Lucky Gold Star (S Korea), Sampdoria (Italy), A.C. Milan (Italy), Everton (UK), Aston Villa (UK), Coventry (UK), Brondby (Denmark)
In 1986, Tim joined the Hong Kong national football team and has played in the World Cup qualifying rounds, Olympics qualifying rounds, Asian Games (Yokohama).
Tim has also been a regular member of the Hong Kong League XI competing in the Carlsberg Cup tournaments playing against such sides as Denmark, Paraguay, Yugoslavia, Japan, South Korea, Nigeria, Sweden, Romania, Switzerland, China.
During his professional football career, Tim also had trials with UK professional teams such as Wimbledon FC, Crystal Palace FC, Blackburn Rovers and Torquay United.
In addition to his professional playing career, he is also a fully qualified English Football Association coach and is currently undertaking a UEFA A license through the English Football Association.
Tim Bredbury is also a former member of the English Football Association Coaches Association plus the English Professional Footballers Association.
